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Incentive Moment In Oedipus Rex. A whole plot. Jocasta says that she was told that Laius was killed by strangers whereas Oedipus knows that he acted alone when he killed a man in similar circumstances. All page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Penguin Classics edition of. Must start the cause and effect chain.
In this play the crossroads symbolizes fate. Originally to the ancient Greeks the title was simply Oedipus Οἰδίπους as it is referred to by Aristotle in the Poetics. In particular Aristotle used Oedipus as. Plague and promise of Oedipus. According to Aristotle plot is one of the most important components of a tragedy. Traditionally situated in the third act of a play the climax is the moment of greatest tension.
Oedipus wife Jocasta tells him he should take no notice of prophets and oracles anyway because many years ago she and Laius received an oracle which never came true.
Aristotles passage Poetics 350 BC was written the century after the composition of Sophocles Oedipus the King 428 BC. It must have a clear beginning middle and a cascade of events leading to the ending. According to Aristotle plot is one of the most important components of a tragedy. In Oedipus the King the crossroads is part of the distant past dimly remembered and Oedipus was not aware at the time that he was making a fateful decision. LitCharts makes it easy to find quotes by section character and theme. Traditionally situated in the third act of a play the climax is the moment of greatest tension.